Incident Location Diver Full Names France, Goul du Pont Waldek Some caves are so dangerous that they are sealed for eternity. The Goul du Pont cave was never meant to be entered, but one unsuspecting explorer made the quest to discover if it had a bottom, which is when things went horribly wrong. An extreme […]
Incident Location (Country, Region, Cave Name) Diver Full Name (Deceased) USA, Florida, Devil’s Eye Spring Robert Jurich 26 April 2015 it was supposed to be a smooth dive.On a clear Florida morning, Robert Jurich (68) and Evelyn Dudas, both experienced divers from Pennsylvania, prepared their diving gear at Devil’s Eye Spring. Their goal was ambitious: […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name Mexico, Tulum, Yucatan Peninsula, Cenote Manatí Unknown On June 16, 2018, what was meant to be a safe, beginner-friendly scuba diving experience near Tulum, Mexico, ended in disaster. A young diver participating in a Discover Scuba program drowned after becoming trapped inside an underwater cave at Cenote Manatí. The incident […]
Incident Location Diver Names USA, Pennsylvania’s Blair County, Tytoona Cave John Schwein, Roberta Schweisgood Two NSS certified cave divers went on an exploratory dive at the Tytoona Cave to carry out a series of survey dives. They took turns solo diving due to the silty condition of the cave. However, an entanglement occurred in the […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name USA, Weeki Wachee, Florida, Eagles Nest Cave Charles Odom On January 8, 2017, Charles Odom, 55, joined three other divers at Eagles Nest Cave, located in Weeki Wachee, Florida. Known in the diving community as the “Mount Everest of cave diving,” Eagles Nest is a complex system with deep vertical […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name Antarctica, Cave underneath the B-15 iceberg Wes Skiles, Jill Heinerth Born in 1965 in Toronto, Canada, Jill Heinerth’s childhood was filled with an innate desire to explore and the perfect storm of inspiration. Because she grew in the ’60s, she was a live spectator of the incredible Apollo missions that […]
Incident Location Diver Full Name USA, Marianna, Florida, Hole in the Wall Cave Clyde Douglas (Doug) Rorex A Routine Dive in a Familiar Cave On June 9, 2020, Clyde Douglas “Doug” Rorex, a 68-year-old highly experienced cave diver, undertook what many would consider a routine solo dive in Hole in the Wall Cave, located at […]
Incident Location Diver Names Florida, Gilchrist County Thomas Brian Ellis Just like any other day, Thomas Brian Ellis drove his truck to Ginnie Springs in a bid to dive the Devil’s Eye for an ongoing survey he was carrying out at the cave system. All geared up and filled with passion for his cause, he […]
Incident Location Diver Names United Kingdom, England, Short Gill Cave Mark Fisher Short Gill Cave is a unique and fascinating cave system located in Barbondale, a valley at the western edge of the Yorkshire Dales. The cave system is situated in a remote and rugged area of limestone hills and valleys and offers visitors a […]
Location Diver Names Cebu, Philippines Jacob Leo Jang Chen (Jacob Yang Chen) How far would you go to express your love for a loved one? For some, it may be matching tattoos, and for others, it may be expensive gifts. But Jacob Leo Jang Chen was willing to break the existing deep diving world record […]
